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In the closet (at Rink o Mania)

[okfuckilldoit]

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[wh33lby]

Still fascinated by how Will gains his powers (finding strength within oneself), but Mike imagines Mike the Brave beside him when he needs courage. Is that why Mike insisted Will’s power is innate? Power, not powers. Not the abilities connected to UD, but the inherent power he possesses by simply being himself. He doesn’t need Will the Wise to help him because he IS Will the Wise.

[moonycleric]

i’m such a huge believer in the idea that Will thought Mike returned his feelings before they met El. Maybe he didn’t know he loved Mike yet, or he wasn’t sure if Mike loved him back, but I think he definitely thought they had this unspoken mutual understanding that they both wanted to spend their lives together in whatever way (as seen with what they say in the rain fight).

[everythingismadeofclouds]

michelle wheeler would be such a good runaway bride

[yourlocalbadgerscales]

Oh, and now I'm cryinh. yep I'm bawling. Hooray

[ssentinl]

trying to find photos of will being all crushy over mike is showing me how much better will is at hiding it cause for every 1 photo of will being super intense toward mike i have 40 of mike staring at will like he’s the last cookie in the cookie jar

[bocje-ce-ustu]

the way mike is the leader of the party but s2 shows will as the party mike's mediator is priceless to me: dustin and lucas don't ask mike if he's cool with inviting max on halloween, they ask will. i can see that being a constant in their party shenanigans, what with mike being short-tempered and willful (aha) a lot: if will greenlights something, lucas and dustin know he's probably already factoring in mike's reaction, and even if it turns out that mike disagrees on a thing will's already agreed on, what is he gonna do? argue with will? impossible. once they've cracked the code, i can see them going directly to will every single time they just know mike is going to be difficult about something.

[iloverobinbyckley]

i loveee when i read a modern au byler fic and one or both of them go on to reddit for advice and the replies just tear them to shreds lol

[jazzering]

if I was Mike and heard my best friend I have feelings for say my name in the softest, sweetest voice ever, I don't think I'd survive.

[auracobaltblue]

The duffers: “we should start volume 2 showing that Mike and Will are just friends”

How they started volume 2:

[starchild674]

A few seconds ago:

Be More Chill in the big 26, who would've thought

The musical randomly reappeared in my mind and demanded that I make this post

[miwiheroes]

concept of mike not knowing what joyce's maiden name is so when he finds out that will is now going by will maldonado, he thinks will's married to someone else and took their name

[miwiheroes]

sometimes i get to thinking about how season 4 makes you want so much stuff to happen in season 5 that just doesn't and i dont understand how someone could actually write that season and then create season 5 afterwards unless they completely gave up and just started writing out of their ass.

because at the end of season 4, you have the audience rooting for will to find love or have his feelings be reciprocated in some way (it didn't have to be mike i suppose, but still - the painting was. interesting), you also have the audience rooting for mike to be better at communicating his feelings to el, and you have the audience rooting for el to free herself from the lab and having a normal life where she isn't weighted down by that. instead you get will continuing to pine for mike as if the painting never occurred before he gets over him in 1 day, mike not even talking to el in the first half and then they STILL dont tell each other things in the second half, and then el's hopes for a normal life is completely denied.

how do u write with no intention at all

[roguemercurywrites]

The kiss they deserved = the kiss we deserved

Happy Byler day everyone!!! 💛💙

[reluctantbylerblog]

I do delight in the fact that in the one scene in s5 where jonathan is present for a byler conversation, it's the only one where they revert back to their s4 byler dynamic (aka, will is performing emotional labor and is the number #1 miIeven shipper) so naturally jonathan is looking at mike like he's already got a grave picked out for him. jon, I promise they were flirting right before you got there! they were gazing into each other's eyes in a field at dawn! they held hands over a pipe that represented their overflowing feelings for each other, I swear!

[sapphicmike]

happy byler day!! I got bored and made this 💛💙

[auracobaltblue]

Will learning after getting together with Mike that he doesn’t have to hold back his affection anymore.

It’s weird in the beginning, because for so many years he went against his wants and put a purposeful distance between himself and Mike (most physical contact is initiated by Mike!) and basically got himself used to holding back. And then, suddenly, he doesn’t have to hold back anymore, and it’s so strange and wonderful.

Little by little he learns that it’s okay to lean on Mike when they’re together in the kitchen, it’s okay to put his arm around him when they’re watching movies, it’s okay to play and massage his hands. And not only is it okay, but it’s wanted, and it’s desired.